Barack Obama Visits Vermont

Ok, I’ll admit it. This is old footage I shot in March of 2006 when Senator Obama visited Burlington. Somehow I had the feeling he would run for President even though he said at the time that he was not ready for it. It’s been a long time since any politician has stirred [...]

Greenhouse Progress. Even in February

Damn cold out but I managed to drag my self outdoors and start working on this greenhouse. I previously bought three 10 ft lengths of 1 3/8″ diameter galvanized steel chain link fence top rails. I wanted to see if I could bend them to make curved hoops for the greenhouse before buying the [...]

Letter to St Albans Messenger

I just sent the following letter to the St.Albans Messenger. Maybe they will print it.
 

The Senate has passed a bill allowing the Federal Government to continue to conduct surveillance on U.S. citizens by listening in on their phone conversations and accessing electronic communications. The new legislation grants retroactive immunity to telecom businesses such as [...]

Obama takes the lead as Hillary sinks in the Potomac

It is encouraging to see Barack Obama leading the way toward correcting the mistakes and abuses of the Bush administation over the last seven years. It shows that our system of government can correct itself as long as the Constitution is upheld.
Unfortunately, yesterday, the new FISA amendment passed in the senate despite Vermont’s own Senator [...]

Planning a Greenhouse

Its cold here in Vermont in February. Real cold. Tonight it will get down to around zero degrees F. Imagine being able to walk into a tropical climate. Now that would be really nice.
One way is to have a greenhouse where plants can be grown in a warm environment while its freezing outside. I [...]

In the garden

This year will be a BIG gardening year. Why? With the sinking economy will come a revival of interest in trying to grow a few things at home. Luckily the unemployment rate is still pretty low around here. Once that starts to deteriorate, as it probably will, people will have LOTS of [...]

One good thing.

I keep asking my Republican friends if they can think of ONE GOOD THING George Bush has done for Americans. Just one! Almost invariably there is a long silent pause. Then they chirp, ” He lowered taxes!”
Unless you are in the upper income tiers, to my understanding, taxes have not been lowered. [...]